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V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE S. BROVN, OF NEW BRITAIN, AND EDVARD C. FOVVLER, OF BRIS- TOL, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORS TO THE BRISTOL BRASS AND CLOCK COMPANY, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION formng part of Letters Patent No. 578,859, dated March 16, 1897.

` Application filed December 14, 1896. Serial No. 615,560. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE S. BROWN, of New Britain, and EDWARD C. FOWLER, of Bristol, in the county of Hartford and State of Con necticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lanterns, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in lanterns, the object being to provide alantern which will be thoroughly applicable for use in connection with bicycles and one in which the number of parts is reduced to a minimum and in which the metal parts of the lantern are protected from the fiame by a chimney, the said chiinney and the raiser with its burner being readily detachable from the lantern.

A further object is to provide a lantern the body of which is cylindrical in transverse horizontal section. The said body portion consists of two sections, one of said Sections being free to swing away from the other section.

A practical embodiment of our invention is represented in the acconipanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of the lantern. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a Vertical central section from front to rear through the lantern, the fount, the burner, and draft-plate carried thereby being removed and the front section of the body being shown swung outwardly from the back section; and Fig. 4 is a Vertical central section from front to rear through the lantern on the line 4,4 of Fig. 1.

The body of the lantern consists of two sections A A', each of the Sections being semicylindrical in horizontal transverse section, the two sections when in their closed position, as in use, forming a hollow cylinder.

- The top of the lantern is denoted by B. The top B and the front plate or section A/ of the body portion are secured rigidly together and are hinged or pivoted, as at b, between the opposite sides of the upper portion of the back plate or section A in such-a manner that the bot-tom of the swinging front section A' is free to move toward and away from the lower portion of the stationary section A.

The fount Cis removablysecured to the stag tionary section A of the body of the lantern in the following manner: The stationary section A is provided upon one side near its base with a horizontally elongated slot o and upon its opposite side with an elongated slot ati, the slot as being preferably closed and the slot a4 being open through the front edge of the stationary section.

The stern of the wick-raiser F is extended upon opposite sides of the burner, as shown at f the extension f' being provided with a suitable operating-handle z. The extension f is adapted to enter the elongated slot as and the extension f' is adapted to enter the open slot 0,4. This is done by givin g the fount a slight rotary nioveinent after it has been placed in engagement with the base of the stationary section A. A spring-actuated catch G is secured to the stationary section A, the said catch being provided wit-ha suitable hook or nose g in position to engage the extension of the wick-raiser stem after it has been inserted into the slot (L4 for removably holding the extension Within the slot.

A transparent chimney I-I is seated at its base within the draft-plate E when the parts are in their assembled adjustment, and the upper end of the said chimney is removably secured to the top B, preferably by the wellknown bayonet-joint, as shown. The chimney as thus constructed, it will be seen, effectually shields the metal parts surrounding the fiame from contact therewith.

The means which we have shown for supporting the lantern consists of a horizontallyextended band I, secured at its opposite ends, as at fi, to the opposite sides of the stationary IOO section A at about half-Way between its top and bottom. The said band I is of bow form and is spaoed from the stationary section A, eXcept at its ends. This band I is provided about midway of its ends With a suitable socket-piece J, which socket-piece is adapted to engage a suitable lantern supporting bracket. (Not shown.)

In operation, supposing'the parts to be in their assemble'd position and it is desired to remove the fount and the parts supported thereby and the chimney, the spring-actuated catch G is first operated to release the wick-raiser. The swingingg'` section A', the fount, and the chininey are all swung out- Wardly, the fount O being first given a slight rotary inoveinent to release the extension from the slot (L3. The fount, burner, and draft-plate may then be renioVed. The chimney may then be disengaged froln the top and removed.

The swinging section A' may be provided With suitable draft-openings a for supplying air to the interior of the body of the lantern, and the openings in the draft-plate E may be so arranged as to feed the required amount. of air to the flame.

It Will be seen that when the parts are in their assenibled position the two bases of the two sections A A' snugly embrace the exterior of the fount O, and the whole lantern is given a compact and' substantial appearance. The interior of the stationary section A serves as a refiector for the flame, the interior wall of the stationary section being thoroughly protected from being dimined by contact With the flame by means of the transparent chiinney H.

Certain novel features of our invention, set forth in the foregoing` description, are not claimed herein, but are embodied and claimed in another application filed by us on December 14, 1896,the serial number being` 615,559.

VVhat we olaim is In a lantern a body portion cylindrical in cross-section, the said body portion consisting of a stationary back section and a swinging front section hinged thereto, a' top seoured to the swinging front section, a lens-holder and lens carried by the front section, a fount reinovably secured to the back section, said fount carrying a suitable burner and draftplate, and a transparent chininey removably secured between the said top and draft-plate, substantially as set forth.

` GEO. S. BROVN.

E. O. FOVLER. Witnesses:

GEO. DoHERTY, R. H. SHAILER. 

